Host Star
HD 8574 is an F-type dwarf star that lies 45 parsecs (145 light years) away from Earth. HD 8574 has an estimated mass of 1.17 times the mass of the Sun. The star also has a radius that is estimated at 1.37 times that of the Sun's. HD 8574 has an effective temperature of 6080 K, hotter than the Sun, and a metallicity estimated at = 0.05 (12% more iron than in the Sun). Additionally, with a luminosity of 2.25, HD 8574 releases more than twice the energy released by the Sun.
The star has an apparent magnitude of 7.12, and is thus extremely faint (if visible at all) as seen from the unaided eye of an observer on Earth.
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